The role of the Stakeholders' Advisory Group on Aviation Security is to advise the Commission in the preparation of legislative proposals and policy initiatives as well as in relation to the implementation of existing legislation. The Group shall be kept informed by the Regulatory Committee on Aviation Security during the entire regulatory process. The Group meets back to back with the Committee approximately six times a year and is open to European representative organisations engaged in, or directly effected by, aviation security.

Task:

Assist the Commission in the preparation of legislative proposals and policy initiatives

The Stakeholders' Advisory Group on Aviation Security was created in 2003.

Selection Procedure (members)

The Stakeholders' Advisory Group on Aviation Security is open to European representative organisations engaged in, or directly effected by, aviation security. The national authorities of Member States and EEA countries are also members of the Group. The organisations/national authorities nominate aviation and/or security experts as their representatives.

Internal Rules of Procedure

Expert groups usually operate in an informal setting without any formal rules of procedure. This is the case for this group.

Other

The creation of this expert group is based on Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation security and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002.